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Encyclopedia > Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Map showing the council areas of Scotland with Dumfries and Galloway highlighted.
Map showing the council areas of Scotland with Dumfries and Galloway highlighted.

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary is the police force for the council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. Image File history File links ScotlandPoliceDumfriesGalloway. ... For the band, see The Police. ... The 32 council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ... Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...


The police force was formed in 1948 as an amalgamation of the previous police forces for Dumfriesshire, the Stewarty of Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire, and preceded the creation of the former Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council by 27 years. [1] 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Dumfriesshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) was a county of Scotland. ... Kirkcudbrightshire (pronounced Kir-COO-bri-shir; Siorrachd Chille Chuithbheirt in Gaelic), is a traditional county and registration county of south-western Scotland, bounded on the north and north-west by Ayrshire, on the west and southwest by Wigtownshire, on the south and southeast by the Irish Sea and the Solway... Wigtownshire is a small traditional county in the south west of Scotland. ... The nine Regions of Scotland were established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as the uppermost tier of local government in Scotland. ...


Although it is one of the United Kingdom's smallest police forces, it nevertheless had charge over the UK's largest ever police investigation, into the Lockerbie bombing. Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from Londons Heathrow International Airport to New Yorks John F. Kennedy International Airport. ...


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Police forces in Scotland
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UK-wide police forces

British Transport | Civil Nuclear | Ministry of Defence Map showing the council areas of Scotland with the ones in the police area highlighted. ... Map showing the council areas of Scotland with Fife highlighted. ... Grampian Police are a police force in north east of Scotland, covering the borough of the City of Aberdeen and the counties of Aberdeenshire and Moray. ... Lothian and Borders Police are the police force for the Lothian and Borders regions of Scotland, including Edinburgh, Galashiels and Livingston. ... Map showing the council areas of Scotland, with the ones in the police area highlighted. ... Strathclyde Park Strathclyde park is a large country park located in Strathclyde. ... Map showing the council areas of Scotland with the ones in the police area highlighted. ... The British Transport Police (BTP) is a non-Home Office national police service responsible for policing the railway system throughout Great Britain. ... The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police force that protects civil nuclear installations and substances in the United Kingdom. ... The Ministry of Defence Police (or MOD Police; MDP) is the police force of the British Ministry of Defence. ...



 

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